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Public corruption depends on civic apathy
People like to think the best of others, including elected and appointed officials at all levels, from your local village to the high hills of Albany or D.C. Our confidence is almost always affirmed, because most local public servants are . . . more
State should rethink its local-diploma policy
Since 2012, when New York state adopted the Common Core State Standards, many students with special needs have received certificates rather than diplomas when they completed high school. more
Greed has no boundaries
If there was ever a company that demonstrated greed, it would be iStar. If there was ever a city government that demonstrated a lack of openness and morality, it is the officials of the City of Long Beach. more
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown in 2014 with a poster of the four men accused of stealing city and state money from the Island Child Development Center in Far Rockaway. Three have plead guilty. One more case is pending.
Five Towners, rabbi stole over $17 million
A pair of Five Towns residents and a Queens rabbi will be sentenced for their part in a scheme to embezzle more than $17 million of city and state funding that was expected to be used for special-needs students between 3-and 5-years-old, who attend the Island Child Development Center in Far Rockaway. more
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A reminder of the South Shore’s vulnerability
People have gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk in recent weeks to watch crews operating towering cranes hauling stones along the beach to rebuild the city’s jetties, part of an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan . . . more
Everybody wants lower taxes, so let’s urbanize
Everybody is against everything everywhere. That seems to be a common theme in Nassau County. Where else can you find people so opposed to . . . more
Five Towns Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: You would think that after the Valley Stream Green Acres-Industrial Development Agency-payment in lieu of taxes debacle, which led to the removal of six Town of Hempstead IDA board members, our leaders would have learned their lesson. more
Raymour & Flanagan is moving into 55 Johnson Road in Lawrence. School district officials believe that the IDA decision on the company's PILOT payments hurts its students.
IDA ruling irks Lawrence School District
Lawrence School District officials are upset with the Town of Hempstead’s Industrial Development Agency decision to allow Raymour & Flanagan to pay roughly $422,000 in annual payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) for property the furniture company purchased for $27 million through the next three years. more
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Our future is literally blowin’ in the wind
Long Island was supposed to have 40 or more wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean by now, generating electricity 3½ to 4½ miles south of Jones Beach, which would have . . . more
There's a smarter way to develop downtowns
Nassau County communities have for decades resisted what folks call the “Queensification” of the county. Translation: People haven’t traditionally wanted to build up, as in multi-story, not even in the many downtown commercial districts that surround most Long Island Rail Road stations. more
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